CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 200

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong..ti..UTAH....................19V, 1922,

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...*................................................................of 191/. 1922.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

An Ordinance to provide for police supervision of certain persons,

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the

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Governor's Instructions.

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The object of this Ordinaroe is to provide for police supervision : certain persons. It is based mainly on section & of the Preven- tiin of Crimes Act, 1871, 34 and 35 Vict. c. 112.

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Section 2 defineS "crime" for the purposes of the Ordinance, as uny felony, or any misdemeanour under the Coinage offences Ordinance, 2865, or certain offences under the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, or the offence of conspiracy to defraud. This definition is based on the efinition contained in section 20 of the Prevention of Crimes Act,

1. Persone who are twice convicted of any of these offences may be alt with under section 3 of the Ordinance.